Synapses That Compute Motion
Biophysics of computation is a new field that attempts to characterize the role in information processing of the several biophysical mechanisms in neurons, synapses, and membranes that have been uncovered in recent years. In this article, we review a synaptic mechanism, based on the interactio...
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| author | Poggio, T. Koch, C. |
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| description | Biophysics of computation is a new field that attempts to characterize the role in information processing of the several biophysical mechanisms in neurons, synapses, and membranes that have been uncovered in recent years. In this article, we review a synaptic mechanism, based on the interaction between excitation and silent inhibition, that implements a veto-like operation. Synapses of this type may underlie direction selectivity to direction of motion in the vertebrate retina. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/64762019-04-09T19:04:21Z Synapses That Compute Motion Poggio, T. Koch, C. Biophysics of computation is a new field that attempts to characterize the role in information processing of the several biophysical mechanisms in neurons, synapses, and membranes that have been uncovered in recent years. In this article, we review a synaptic mechanism, based on the interaction between excitation and silent inhibition, that implements a veto-like operation. Synapses of this type may underlie direction selectivity to direction of motion in the vertebrate retina. 2004-10-04T14:57:41Z 2004-10-04T14:57:41Z 1987-06-01 AIM-973 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6476 en_US AIM-973 2678620 bytes 1055049 bytes application/postscript application/pdf application/postscript application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Poggio, T. Koch, C. Synapses That Compute Motion |
| title | Synapses That Compute Motion |
| title_full | Synapses That Compute Motion |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Synapses That Compute Motion |
| title_short | Synapses That Compute Motion |
| title_sort | synapses that compute motion |
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